Oinochoe (wine pitcher)
Datecirca 470–460 BCE
MediumRed-figure ceramic
DimensionsH. 9 3/4 in. (24.8 cm) x Diam. (at shoulder) 6 in. (15.2 cm) x W. (including handles) 6 3/4 in. (17.1cm)
ClassificationsCeramics
Credit LinePurchased with funds from the North Carolina Museum of Art Foundation (Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Hanes)
Object numberG.79.11.5
On View
On viewPossibly mentioned as vase in Geneva in Schauenberg article, Athenische Mitteilungen 90 (1975) 97ff.
H. A. Shapiro, "Greek Vases from Southern Collections," Art Quarterly 3, no. 4 (1981), 4-5.
H. A. [Harvey Alan] Shapiro, Art, Myth, and Culture: Greek Vases from Southern Collections (exhibition catalogue) (New Orleans: New Orleans Museum of Art, 1982), cat. no. 47, illus. (2 views, b-w).
Edgar Peters Bowron, ed., Introduction to the Collections (Chapel Hill: published for the North Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh, by The University of North Carolina Press, 1983), illus. (b-w) 47.
Introduction to the Collections, rev. ed. (Raleigh: North Carolina Museum of Art, 1992), illus. (b-w) 19.
Gregory Crane, ed., Perseus 2.0: Interactive Sources and Studies on Ancient Greece (CD-Rom) (New Haven: Yale University Press, 1996).
Mary Ellen Soles, entry for Oinochoe, in North Carolina Museum of Art: Handbook of the Collections, Rebecca Martin Nagy, ed. (Raleigh: North Carolina Museum of Art, 1998), 26, illus. (color).
Exhibition HistoryRaleigh, NC, North Carolina Museum of Art, "Recent Acquisitions," November 8, 1979-May 1980.
New Orleans, LA, New Orleans Museum of Art, "Art, Myth, and Culture: Greek Vases from Southern Collections," November 21, 1981-February 14, 1982, cat. no. 47, (2 views, b-w).
Raleigh, NC, North Carolina Museum of Art, "The People's Collection, Reimagined," October 7, 2022–present. Object Rights Statement
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